Heartbreaking moment four-year-old girl is pulled out alive from Italian earthquake rubble after sibling gave her life to save her

THIS is the heartbreaking moment a four-year-old girl was pulled ALIVE from the rubble caused by yesterday's earthquake in central Italy - after her eight-year-old sister sacrificed her own life by throwing herself on top of her.

The two little girls were found buried together in what remained of their family's holiday home in the village of Pescara del Tronto.